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8 November 2011

The impact of dire conditions in the investment markets, capital management and growing loss creep were the dominant themes of the P&C (re)insurance sector's third quarter reporting season.

Equity markets turmoil and the historically low interest rate environment made returns from investment portfolios hard to find, while writedowns also extended to liabilities on the balance sheet in select cases.

And following what ultimately proved to be a benign season for hurricane losses - despite Irene and the high level of...

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